The 2nd last presentation of Family History Feast was our very own Steven Kafkarisos, with his talk Well armed! The military history collection at the State Library of Victoria. Steven works as a librarian in the Library’s Redmond Barry team and I don’t think there could be a better person to take us through the Library’s military history collection.

The Library has actively collected military material since the very beginning. With books on ancient battles, world wars, Vietnam, Iraq and so on, the Library is well placed to help you with your military research (no matter your area of interest).

The National Archives UK Discovery database includes a strong collection of military content such as British Army medal index cards 1914-1920, Victoria Cross registers 1856-1944, British Army nurses’ service records 1914-1918 and more.

Well done to Steven for his comprehensive talk on the Library’s collection!

Photograph courtesy of Jessica Reid, National Archives of Australia

If you have any questions about our military collection, feel free to contact us through the Ask-a-librarian section of our website. Stay tuned for my last Family History Feast post “That elusive Digger” – Lt Col. Neil C Smith, AM – Don Grant Lecture 2013.